Window shade



May 26, 1931- s. J. JOHNSON 1,807,533

WINDOW SHADE Filed March 29, 1930 MMM/W@ ATTO R N EYS Patented May 2 6,1,931

4.l'JNi'rlznfSTA-'rias SAMUEL J. JOBN'SON, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO,ASSIGN'OR T0 THE SEINSHIMER PAPEB COMPANY, F CINCINNATI, OHIOQA.GORPORATION 0F OHIO wnmow SHADE Application mea imanes, isso. lserial110.440,'084.

This invention relates to paper window shades.

The general-idea of paper window shades has much to recommend it, inthat they are cheap, can be frequently changed without a great expense,and lend themselves readily to an infinite variety of patterns and colorschemes. Coloris becoming more and more in demand .throughout industryas well as throughout interior decoration, and the plain drab appearanceof the conventionalA window shade is tendingto decrease its use verymaterially. There is, however, one very severe drawbackinherent in theidea .of paper window shades. Pa er is possessed of a grain. The paperas greater resistance to stresses applied in line with the grain than ithas yto stresses applied transversely to the grain.. Therefore,l if thepaper be applied to the roller with the grain parallel to the roller theshade has the very decided tendency to tear.- If, on the other hand theshade be applied to the roller with the grain transverse or at ri htangles .to the roller, the paper hasa ten ency to curl, or`

retain the curvature imparted to it by the roller. p

The object of this invention is to provide a paper window shade adaptedto be attached wat the top to a rollerfand'at the bottom to a stick,adapted to be of any color or to bear i. \an ornamental design,possessed of sufcient strength to vwithstand the strain to y which it isto bsubjected in use, yet characterized by flexibility s uicient tocause it to hang vertically from'the roller without curv.- ing,4 bendingor curling. j her objects and furtheradvantageswill 'l be more fully setforth-in the accompanying drawings, in which; i

tion and applied to a window.

Fi 2 is a to the lroller 4which may `fabricated cheaply, are susceptibleto bei Figure 1 is aview showing alwin-dowshade constructed accordingtothe present'v .inve

gure perspective view of"4 the Vrearside of the shade showing the`preferred wi'y- P01' 1 5 adapted to attached at the top tot e windowshade roller 2. 'I'he grain runs trans-v versely or at right angles withthe roller. The tendency of the paper to curl is corrected by means ofembossing or minute creasing applied tothe paper transversely to thegrain, the effect of which is to break the grain to a degree suficientto cause it to hang vertically without tendency to curl.

As disclosed, an ornamental design has been applied to one side of theshade, the embossing or minute creasing not having been\v i sulicient toimpart to the surface of the paper a roughness or lunevenness.inhibitory to the applying of the design to the shade byl pressroommethods. Since the pull upon the shade in use is parallel to the grainthe shade does not have a tendency to tear at the edgesv and yet sincethe grain is broken or impaired by the tansverse embossing or minutecreasing1 the shade-does not have a tendency to cur i Across the bottomof the shade is secured a strip of gum paper 3. As disclosed -in Figure2, the bottom ofthe shade is looped around the stick 4 to which awindow-shade cord 5 is attached, and the one edge of the m paperadhesively secured vto the back of the shade. Across the top of theshade is likewise a strip of gum paper 6, one edge ofbe attached to thewindow shade. roller as disclosedl in Figure 2. i

The embossing or minute creasin is indicated `on Figure 2 by transverse7. The grain on the paper onthe other hand is not readily visible and`its direction is indicated by the double-headed arrow on Figure 2. l

l The window shades of this invention can be Y produced inan infinitevariety of colors an ornamental designs, canbe readily replaced j `orchanged when soiled, are durable, and .n roll and unrollsatisfactoriluponl the conventional window shade ro er. i

Havin described my invention, .I desire `to belimited only by theensuing claims: ,Y 1. A window shade adapted to beused upon fa roller,said window shade,'comprisin alength of paper adapted to Y to the rollerwith its grain runningtransve'rselv 10o to the roller, said papercharacterized by minute creasmg transverse to the grain and oisuliicient relief to dispossess the paper of all tendency to maintainthe curl imparted to it by the roller.

2. A new article of manufacture, comprising, a length of paper having atone end thereof a gummed strip adapting said length of paper to besecured to a Window shade roller, the grain of said length of paperrunning at right angles to said gummed strip and 4 embossing transverseto the grain of the pa- 'A grain sufficiently to destroy the tendency of3. A window shade, comprising, a length of paper minutely creasedtransversely to the the paper to curl, without destroying thereceptivity of the surface to a printed design.

4. A Window shade, comprlsing, a length of paper, provided with minutecreasmg l transverse to the grain of the paper.

5. In combination, a window shade roller,

a` paper window shade adhesively secured to the roller, the grain ofsaid paper running at right angles to the roller, minute creasingtransverse to the grain of the paper, a

bottom stick about which the lower end of the shade is looped, and anadhesive member maintaining said loo 6. A new article ot manufacture,comprising, a length of paper, one end of which is adapted to be securedto a Window shade roller, and minute creasing substantially parallel tothe end adapted to be attached to the roller.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name. l.

SAMUEL J. JOHNSON.

